crope

English

Etymology

From Middle English crope, from Old English crēap (“crept”), first and third person singular indicative of crēopan (“to creep”).

Verb

crope

1. (obsolete) simple past of creep

Related terms

• cropen

Anagrams

• Pecor, Poreč, coper

Old French

Alternative forms

• croupe, crupe

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz.

Noun

crope oblique singular, f (oblique plural cropes, nominative singular crope, nominative plural cropes)

1. croup (rear of a horse)

Descendants

• Middle French: croupe
  • French: croupe (see there for further descendants)
• Norman: croupe
• → Middle English: croupe, crope, crop, croppe
  • English: croup, croupe
  • Scots: crouppe